diff --git a/selfupdate/update_header.sh b/selfupdate/update_header.sh
index 82da14c9..a09803a0 100755
--- a/selfupdate/update_header.sh
+++ b/selfupdate/update_header.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ cd /
 rm -rf /root/stratux-update
 
 # re-enable overlay if it is configured. TODO: switch to jq for json parsing in the future once it's available in all installations
-if [ "$(cat /boot/stratux.conf | grep 'PersistentLogging.:true')" != "" ]; then
+if [ "$(cat /boot/stratux.conf | grep 'PersistentLogging.:\s*true')" != "" ]; then
     /sbin/overlayctl disable
 else
     /sbin/overlayctl enable